topic Re: do schedule help much? in Collaboration with other software

do schedule help much?

Anonymous — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:12:07 GMT

i am not a quantity surveyor, but just ask because of curious.

do the schedule help much in quantity survey?

or only for estimation?

Re: do schedule help much?

Anonymous — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:18:37 GMT

it depends how well you develop your quantity scripts, and ofcause how exact your model is. You can't get more data or detailed data from your model than you put in there (the first law everyone that works with data should now )

1 + 1 can't be 2.0, but it could be 2.

But yes, it can help you on different levels of work. A well organized model and you get alot of information from schedules.

angus wrote:
i am not a quantity surveyor, but just ask because of curious.

do the schedule help much in quantity survey?

or only for estimation?

Re: do schedule help much?

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:14:19 GMT

well...yes.
schedule documents are very very handy.
and another thing is that this are the information from the model.
and this what makes the model intelligent...

Re: do schedule help much?

Steve Jepson — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:28:00 GMT

Do schedules help much is like asking if a hammer helps much.
It depends on what your doing with it.

Re: do schedule help much?

Anonymous — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:15:28 GMT

thanks for your answers.

now the more i explore in schedule, the more i know this is so helpful and we can taylor made our own schedule and fulfill most of our need.

Re: do schedule help much?

Djordje — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:42:56 GMT

angus wrote:
i am not a quantity surveyor, but just ask because of curious.

do the schedule help much in quantity survey?

or only for estimation?

Depends on the detail and data level of your model.

Re: do schedule help much?

Dwight — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:02:02 GMT

Without putting a lot of quantity survey knowledge into an Archicad document, the lists aren't that useful for estimating.

You can, with great effect, use even rudimentary schedules to compare differing solutions as to relative consumption of materials. This is more important because it aids decision making.